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Word Order Practice
Listen to each sentence and arrange the words in the correct order. Click on words to move them to your answer area.
Green checkmark (✓) means your current word order is correct so far. Red X (✗) means there's an error in the order.
Why Word Order Matters in English
Word order is crucial in English because it affects meaning. Unlike some languages that use case endings or particles to show word relationships, English relies heavily on word order to convey meaning.
This exercise helps you:
- Internalize English sentence patterns
- Recognize how grammar patterns fit into sentences
- Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
- Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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to
children
went
Elementary
grew
School
Springs
New
year
every
The
who
The
children
who
went
to
New
Springs
Elementary
School
grew
every
year
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0
/8
grow
school
in
course
children
any
elementary
Of
Of
course
children
in
any
elementary
school
grow
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0
/7
children
a
were
these
different
little
But
But
these
children
were
a
little
different
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0
/11
away
were
from
They
their
growing
up
parents
countryside
in
the
They
were
growing
up
in
the
countryside
away
from
their
parents
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/13
children
grew
faster
the
from
home
away
Their
felt
when
parents
they
lived
Their
parents
felt
the
children
grew
faster
when
they
lived
away
from
home
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0
/7
children
independent
grew
The
and
more
resourceful
The
children
grew
more
independent
and
resourceful
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/9
their
parents
school
why
sent
That's
to
them
this
That's
why
their
parents
sent
them
to
this
school
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the
own
so
grew
games
there
the
TV's
few
campus
and
no
children
luxuries
and
accustomed
making
on
studying
to
their
Also
were
Also
there
were
few
luxuries
on
the
campus
and
no
TV's
so
the
children
grew
accustomed
to
studying
and
making
their
own
games
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in
to
patterns
studied
researcher
compared
their
in
the
One
city
the
growing
differences
children
One
researcher
studied
the
differences
in
their
growing
patterns
compared
to
children
in
the
city
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0
/10
interesting
out
children
how
It
was
grew
find
the
to
It
was
interesting
to
find
out
how
the
children
grew
Tips for Effective Practice
- Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
- Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
- Notice how grammar patterns are positioned in sentences
- If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
- After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence